Python Back-end Developer
Job description
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Backend Python Developer (AI) - Remote - UK - excellent opportunity to join this innovative and fast-growing AI tech. organisation!
Skills/experience
- 2+ years solid commercial Python coding experience (backend, API development would be great).
- Good understanding of Docker, and scalable distributed systems.
- An Agile mindset and Experience working in agile teams, using Github for CI/CD, branching, pull requests, and automated testing.
Nice to have:
- Kubernetes
- Comfortable with VS Code, ideally with AI coding tools like Copilot or VS Code agents.
- Understanding/experience of cloud-native patterns, and scalable architecture.
- Experience with Azure’s native AI stack (AI Foundry, AI Search, Cosmos DB, AKS).
- Interest in experimenting with new AI frameworks and tools.
Role
- Code back end solutions confidently in Python, design and implement scalable architecture using cloud-native tools.
- Build and deploy AI-first features using Azure AI Foundry, Docker and AKS.
- Use Visual Studio Code (ideally with GitHub Copilot or similar AI coding assistants)
- Collaborate in a tight feedback loop: branch, commit, pull, test, ship — all through Github.
- Write unit tests and ship quality code, not just quick fixes.
- Participate in sprints and daily stand-ups
Why join
- An excellent opportunity to join an incredible team, organisation - work lean, iterate fast, and learn quickly - perfect role for a Python Back-end Developer with an Agile mindset who is curious, flexible, collaborative, unafraid to try new things and help design and build their AI platform.
Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your Python backend and API development experience prominently as this is the core requirement mentioned throughout the advert
🐳 Emphasise Docker containerisation skills and any Kubernetes experience since these are key infrastructure requirements
☁️ Showcase Azure cloud experience, particularly AI Foundry, AI Search, or Cosmos DB if you have them as nice-to-haves
🤖 Mention any experience with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot or VS Code extensions to align with their tech-forward approach
📊 Quantify your Agile experience: 'Delivered 15 features across 8 sprints using GitHub CI/CD pipelines'
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- •Developed 12 Python APIs using Docker containers, achieving 99.8% uptime across distributed microservices architecture
- •Implemented GitHub CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time from 45 to 8 minutes while maintaining 100% test coverage
- •Built scalable backend services handling 50,000+ daily requests using Azure cloud-native patterns and Kubernetes orchestration
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Initialize's AI-first approach to backend development is exactly the direction I want my career to take, which is why I'm excited to apply for the Python Backend Developer role. My 3 years of commercial Python experience combined with Docker containerisation and API development skills align perfectly with your technical requirements.
My background in building scalable distributed systems using cloud-native patterns would enable me to contribute immediately to your Azure AI platform development. I've consistently delivered quality code through GitHub CI/CD pipelines while maintaining the tight feedback loops essential for agile development.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you design a scalable Python API architecture using Docker and Kubernetes?
- ›Explain your approach to implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub for Python applications
- ›How do you handle distributed system challenges when building backend services?
- ›What's your experience with Azure AI services like AI Foundry or Cosmos DB?
- ›How do you structure unit tests for Python backend applications?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to learn a new AI framework or tool quickly
- ›Describe a situation where you collaborated closely with a team using Agile methodology
- ›Give an example of when you had to iterate fast on a feature based on feedback
- ›How do you handle working in a fast-paced, experimental environment?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to balance code quality with delivery speed
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Tell me about a time you had to learn a new AI framework or tool quickly
Describe a situation where you collaborated closely with a team using Agile methodology